Reviews tagging 'Death'

Leg: The Story of a Limb and the Boy Who Grew from It by Greg Marshall

6 reviews

sglance9's review

funny reflective medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death of parent, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Chronic illness, Death, and Medical content

Moderate: Toxic relationship

Minor: Addiction and Ableism

applesodaperson's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective slow-paced

4.0

Something I have been thinking about recently is that holy cow, not everyone needs to write a book about themselves. Like probably half of the celebrity memoirs on the shelves right now are so completely redundant and unnecessary. But I am so glad that Greg Marshall wrote this book about his life. It was so good and talked a lot about really hard topics and struggles that he has had in his life. I would say this book has 2 main topics, which were Marshall's experiences with disability and with being gay. With the disability parts, I think it was super interesting, particularly hearing about the ways that it affected him specifically. It was so interesting that despite his mom having cancer, and his dad having ALS, they didn't tell Marshall what his disability actually was. They also seemed unable to admit that his younger sister has autism. 
The sections about his relationships were also very good. The part that hit me the most was about

his long term boyfriend who died of AIDS and didn't tell Marshall he even had it. So he's dealing with the conflicting feelings of grieving the death, but also being super angry that he never told him, and could have possibly infected him. That's just a really hard situation.

The section about him taking care of his dad was also really hard emotionally. Because ALS is so awful and such a slow decline. And Marshall was taking care of his dying father when he was in his early 20s, around the age that I am now. 
My favorite part of this book was all the references to Salt Lake City and mormonism. Even though he wasn't a part of the church, he grew up there, so he makes so many references that only someone from Utah would understand, so I loved all those little details.
Listened to on Libby.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Sexual content, and Death

imstephtacular's review against another edition

dark emotional funny inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Ableism, Death of parent, Cancer, Medical trauma, Sexual content, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Cursing, Bullying, Homophobia, Addiction, Drug use, Chronic illness, Eating disorder, Body shaming, Death, Gaslighting, Mental illness, and Alcohol

Minor: Fatphobia, Blood, Classism, Excrement, Pregnancy, Racism, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Lesbophobia, and Violence

thebookishmuggle's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Ableism, Terminal illness, and Homophobia

judereadsalot's review against another edition

funny hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Ableism, Chronic illness, Terminal illness, Homophobia, Cancer, Outing, Medical trauma, Grief, and Death

amobrien's review

emotional funny reflective medium-paced

4.0

Leg is a fantastic memoir on sexuality, disability, and family. For a book filled with heartbreak and loss, there's so much humor and joy and love. I loved reading about Greg Marshall's life, especially when it came to his relationship with his family.

Thank you Netgalley for providing a digital ARC.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Ableism, Cancer, and Chronic illness

Minor: Drug use, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Addiction, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Lesbophobia, and Death